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#AFFB09

#affb09 ≈ Spring Bud

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#affb09 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 98.43% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 96.41% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 78.84°, with 96.8% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Spring Bud (#a7fc00), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#99ff00
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Relative luminance0.7813

Complementary

  1. #affb09
  2. #5509fb

Split complementary

  1. #affb09
  2. #0936fb
  3. #ce09fb

Analogous

  1. #fbce09
  2. #affb09
  3. #36fb09

Triadic

  1. #affb09
  2. #09affb
  3. #fb09af

Tetradic

  1. #affb09
  2. #09fb55
  3. #5509fb
  4. #fb09af

Square

  1. #affb09
  2. #09fbce
  3. #5509fb
  4. #fb0936

Monochromatic

  1. #496902
  2. #7db503
  3. #affb09
  4. #c7fc54
  5. #e0fda0

Shades

#affb09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #affb09
  2. #9ee208
  3. #8cc907
  4. #7bb006
  5. #699705
  6. #587e05
  7. #466404
  8. #354b03
  9. #233202
  10. #121901
  11. #000000

Tints

#affb09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #affb09
  2. #b7fb22
  3. #bffc3a
  4. #c7fc53
  5. #cffd6b
  6. #d7fd84
  7. #dffd9d
  8. #e7feb5
  9. #effece
  10. #f7ffe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#affb09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #affb09
  2. #aaef15
  3. #a6e221
  4. #a1d62d
  5. #9cca39
  6. #98be45
  7. #93b150
  8. #8ea55c
  9. #899968
  10. #858c74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1eeb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee338 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5efd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eaf000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2ed2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3f4aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-affb09 {
  color: #affb09;
}
Background
.bg-affb09 {
  background-color: #affb09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-affb09 {
  border: 2px solid #affb09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #affb09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 251 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 79 97% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-affb09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #affb09, #36fb09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-affb09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 251 9 / 0.35);
}

#a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 1.05 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 1.72 #ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 4.12 #7fff00 Chartreuse ΔE 5.39 #7cfc00 Lawn Green ΔE 5.57 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 6.17 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 7.27 #5004f6 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Spring Bud
#affb09  rgb(175, 251, 9)  hsl(79, 97%, 51%)  Spring Bud
#5509fb  rgb(85, 9, 251)  hsl(259, 97%, 51%)  Han Purple
#09affb  rgb(9, 175, 251)  hsl(199, 97%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fb09af  rgb(251, 9, 175)  hsl(319, 97%, 51%)  Shocking Pink